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On March 22^nd, during the end of the third quarter of the Miami Heat vs. New Jersey Nets at the Meadowlands, the Nets CEO Brett Yormark got into a much publicized shouting match with an errant fan who’d decided to adorn a brown paper bag over his head in regards to the woeful NBA Basketball Team’s performance, who were on a 14 Home game losing streak and eight games overall, as the Nets continued to be on pace to break the league’s all time losing record of 73 games set in 1972-73 by the Philadelphia 76ers, as New Jersey fell to 7-63 after losing to the Heat 99-89.

Yormark pointed a crooked finger at the unidentified fan after exchanging words with him before getting into a vocal shouting match, which apparently was ignited when Yormark asked why the fan was wearing the paper bag, a la the once renowned New Orleans AIN’TS.

Thus Chris Lisi, the man wearing the paper bag sardonically retorted: “Because They’re so Good!” Referring to the woeful Nets who are hoping that new Russian Owner Mikhail Prokhorov, listed as No. 40 on the Forbes Richest Person’s list, will help enable the floundering Franchise to reinvigorate itself, as the Nets are set to move to Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center in 2012, while the club will have $23 million dollars available underneath the Salary cap this summer.

Current interim Head Coach Kiki Vandeweghe hopes to ride out the remainder of the season before returning to his normal General Manager duties.

Lisi and his brother who were seated in the second row Courtside, oblivious to who Yormark was, continued their shouting match until Lisi pulled out a set of tickets and Yormark stomped away as Security approached the scene.

On March 30^th, Yormark set to right his much ballyhooed tirade by hosting a 30 minute Brown Bag lunch for Disgruntled Nets Fans Chris and (brother) Rob Lisi. The lunch comprising of Hamburgers, Fries and Salads was appropriately sent in Brown Bags courtesy of McDonalds for the five participants, as two New Jersey Nets Radio Broadcasters were also present.

And while still hesitant to apologize for his tyrant display courtside, Yormark’s antics seemingly have paid off, as the inspired Nets went on a mini-winning streak after the incident, taking three of its next four games to improve its record to 10-64 and thus insuring it won’t finish worse then the 76ers record of 9-73.

The lunch was held at the Nets Headquarters and streamed over the club’s website, which eventually shutdown due to the overabundance of people clicking onto it, which is probably the most traffic the site has received this year…